Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 5, 2000 / Notices 41449

Dated: June 29, 2000.

Claudio Prieto,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of

Postsecondary Education.

[FR Doc. 00–16906 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–225]

Application To Export Electric Energy;

Split Rock Energy LLC

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Split Rock Energy LLC (Split

Rock) has applied for authority to

transmit electric energy from the United

States to Canada pursuant to section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before August 4, 2000.

ADDRESS: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202–

586–4708 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of

electricity from the United States to a

foreign country are regulated and

require authorization under section

202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA)

(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).

On June 5, 2000, the Office of Fossil

Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy

(DOE) received an application from

Split Rock to transmit electric energy

from the United States to Canada. Split

Rock is a Minnesota limited liability

company jointly owned by Minnesota

Power, Inc. and Great River Energy, a

public power cooperative. Split Rock, a

power marketer, intends to export

energy produced by Minnesota Power

Inc. or purchased from electric utilities

and other suppliers in the United States.

Split Rock proposes to arrange for the

delivery of electric energy to Canada

over the existing international

transmission facilities owned by Basin

Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville

Power Administration, Citizens

Utilities, Detroit Edison Company,

Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative,

Joint Owners of the Highgate Project,

Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric Power

Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Minnesota Power Inc.,

Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York

Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk

Power Corporation, Northern States

Power, and Vermont Electric

Transmission Company. The

construction, operation, maintenance,

and connection of each of the

international transmission facilities to

be utilized by Split Rock, as more fully

described in the application, has

previously been authorized by a

Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to become a

party to this proceeding or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to this

application should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the

FERC’s rules of practice and procedures

(18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen

copies of each petition and protest

should be filed with the DOE on or

before the date listed above.

Comments on the Split Rock

application to export electric energy to

Canada should be clearly marked with

Docket EA–225. Additional copies are to

be filed directly with Steven W. Tyacke,

Esq., Split Rock Energy LLC, 30 West

Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802.

A final decision will be made on this

application after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, and a determination is

made by the DOE that the proposed

action will not adversely impact on the

reliability of the U.S. electric power

supply system.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

provided above or by accessing the

Fossil Energy Home Page at http://

www.fe.doe.gov. Upon reaching the

Fossil Energy Home page, select

‘‘Regulatory Programs,’’ then

‘‘Electricity Regulation,’’ and then

‘‘Pending Proceedings’’ from the options

menus.

Issued in Washington, DC., on June 27,

2000.

Anthony J. Como,

Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation,

Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal

& Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.

[FR Doc. 00–16807 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA–185–A]

Application To Export Electric Energy;

Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

SUMMARY: Morgan Stanley Capital Group

Inc. (Morgan Stanley) has applied for

renewal of its authority to transmit

electric energy from the United States to

Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the

Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests

to intervene must be submitted on or

before August 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or

requests to intervene should be

addressed as follows: Office of Coal &

Power Im/Ex (FE–27), Office of Fossil

Energy, U.S. Department of Energy,

1000 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

287–5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202–

586-4708 or Michael Skinker (Program

Attorney) 202–586–2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

21, 1998, the Office of Fossil Energy

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)

authorized Morgan Stanley to transmit

electric energy from the United States to

Canada as a power marketer using the

international electric transmission

facilities owned and operated by Basin

Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville

Power Administration, Citizens

Utilities, Detroit Edison, Eastern Maine

Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of

the Highgate Project, Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Company, Minnesota Power,

Inc., Minnkota Power, New York Power

Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power

Corp., Northern States Power, and

Vermont Electric Transmission

Company. That two-year authorization

will expire on August 21, 2000. On June

21, 2000, Morgan Stanley filed an

application with FE for renewal of this

export authority, requested that the

Order be issued for an additional fiveyear term, and also requested that the

international transmission facilities of

Long Sault be added to the list of

authorized export points.

Procedural Matters

Any person desiring to become a

party to this proceeding or to be heard

by filing comments or protests to this

application should file a petition to

intervene, comment or protest at the

address provided above in accordance

with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the